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That AA23 winner - my best buzz at the new gaff.
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Yup. That would have been the sensible thing. Play advantage. Goal stands so no clear goal scoring opportunity denied. Could have been a great final if you remember what we did against them at ours from 1-0 down all those years later.
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I'm in the minority here, and I didnt watch that game because I was flying to Malaysia, but.... I love Jens for thatOriginally posted by WES View PostThe won the infuriated me despite my elation was the 2-2 at their place when we clinched in 04.
Not sure I ever forgave Jens for that pen.
Little **** was winding him up, league was won, sod it. Deck the ****er
A very human moment.Comment
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100% agreed. I'd have taken 1-0 and 11 v 11. Think Barcelona would have as well.Originally posted by PSRB View PostComment
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Yeah but beating the filth at their place to win the league would have been that bit more special. Not to mention that for a brief period it raised the possibility of them scoring a 3rd, lord I didn't want to think about thatOriginally posted by Peter View PostI'm in the minority here, and I didnt watch that game because I was flying to Malaysia, but.... I love Jens for that
Little **** was winding him up, league was won, sod it. Deck the ****er
A very human moment.
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Yeah, i didnt have to go through that live, so I take your point.Originally posted by WES View PostYeah but beating the filth at their place to win the league would have been that bit more special. Not to mention that for a brief period it raised the possibility of them scoring a 3rd, lord I didn't want to think about that
But Jens was Jens. You have to accept the man and the keeper, they come as one
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Yeah, but we'd already done that and went on to do the double.Originally posted by WES View PostYeah but beating the filth at their place to win the league would have been that bit more special. Not to mention that for a brief period it raised the possibility of them scoring a 3rd, lord I didn't want to think about that
Yes, beating them would have been better but getting a draw to win the league unbeaten so they all celebrate the equaliser before they realise what we'd done on their pitch. A double, a cup and Invincible in the 3 seasons since Sol signed for free.
Btw, I was just checking the 2002-3 season as I was away for much of it. Couple of questions.
In the cup final, we played Oleg at CH. Says Pascal was injured and that Sol was suspended for a straight red vs ManU. But there were more than 3 games until the cup final so I don't get that.Comment
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Forgot to add, what was the CL like with this 2nd group phase. Looked really tight with 4 draws. {I remember the Henry hat-trick in Rome so must have been in Blighty for that.}
Didn't realise that if we'd scored a winner in our penultimate game or an equaliser in the last one, we'd have qualified for the semis. That must have been gutting but I have no memory of this. If I'd been in India I'd have had a tv in the room so I think I was in a truck in Spain somewhere. Maybe Barca or maybe the Dragon festival down south {Orgiva.}
Glad I missed that, but maybe if I'd watched Titi would have scored more hat-tricks.Comment
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Dunno. It was a decent contest before the sending off but being a man up pretty much guaranteed that they wouldn't lose. I haven't watched it again, of course, but I do remember being extremely proud of the way we played, the way we kept going forward.Originally posted by Peter View Post
The thing had been pretty much settled beforehand though, with the kerfuffle over the referee; the replacement had carte blanche to punish us. You don't normally get away with publicly calling their impartiality into question, even though "we" didn't
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."Comment
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I don't remember about the ref thing - can you explain please?Originally posted by redgunamo View PostDunno. It was a decent contest before the sending off but being a man up pretty much guaranteed that they wouldn't lose. I haven't watched it again, of course, but I do remember being extremely proud of the way we played, the way we kept going forward.
The thing had been pretty much settled beforehand though, with the kerfuffle over the referee; the replacement had carte blanche to punish us. You don't normally get away with publicly calling their impartiality into question, even though "we" didn't
I remember the SF - we only one 1-0 despite playing them off the park and the Squirrel Goddess sending us an Incarnation of herself to make sure we won and kept a clean sheet.
In the 2nd leg, they were all over us and when they got the pelanty I was fuming. I told the glw we'd blown it. They'd score and with the momentum they had, would score the winner in extra time.
She looked at Mad Jens on the screen and said "He's got long arms and big hands. He'll save it." And I looked across the room at her toy King Louis {from the Jungle Book} that she'd nicked from Eurodisney when there with her family before we'd got together. {We still have him.} He has long arms and big hands and is orange, the colour Jens wore when we were Invincible. And I suddenly had a flickering of faith.
Earlier in the campaign, she'd watched the second half of the game at Real with me. When Titi scored, she watched the replay and said "Henry was like a bird with big tits barging her way to the bar" which I thought was a better description than the commentators came up with or any of the match reports in the paper the following day.Comment
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I was sat with Nikos for that game and definitely went to The Woodbine before the game. I sulked off home at the end though. Served us right for ripping it out of Gomes so much that game.Originally posted by WES View PostMe too, Frimmers went ape **** in the Woodbine afterwards when Harry was on Sky saying they were unlucky
Bouncer had to calm him down
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